Job Description:

Lays out pages, selects size and style of type, and enters text and graphics into computer to produce printed materials, such as advertisements, brochures, newsletters, and forms, applying knowledge of graphic arts techniques and typesetting. Reviews layout and customer order. Enters text into computer, using input device, such as mouse, keyboard, scanner, or modem. Scans artwork, using optical scanner that changes image into computer-readable form. Enters commands to position text and illustrations on page grid of computer monitor. Creates spaces between letters, columns, and lines, applying knowledge of typesetting, and enters commands, using input device. Arranges page according to aesthetic standards, layout specifications of graphic designer, and applying knowledge of layout and computer software. Prints paper or film copies of completed material. May alter illustration to enlarge, reduce, or clarify image. May operate automatic film developer to process photographs. May assemble art work into paste-up and perform keylining manually. Less

Lays out pages, selects size and style of type, and enters text and graphics into computer to produce printed materials, such as advertisements, brochures, newsletters, and forms, applying knowledge of graphic arts techniques and typesetting. Reviews layout and customer order.... More